Strong G4489ῥήτωρ
spokesman
- Transliteration
- rhētōr
- Pronunciation
- hray'-tore
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G4483; a speaker that is (by implication) a forensic advocate: - orator.
Detailed definition
ῥήτωρ, -ορος, ὁ
a public speaker, an orator: Act.24:1.†
(AS)
a public speaker, an orator: Act.24:1.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4489 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- orator1
First verses
- Acts 24:1And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ῥήτωρ, ορος, ὁ,
also ἡ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 945 (compare “Th.” 292))]: (ἐρῶ):— public speaker, μύθων ῥήτορες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 124 (_anapaest meter_), compare “fragment” 597.4, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.129, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 149b25, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.272S., 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.131a, etc.)]; especially at Athens, οἱ ῥήτορες the public speakers in the ἐκκλησία, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 38, 680, “Eq.” 60, 358, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.1, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.22, etc.; _sing._ probably in “IG” 12.45.21)]; οἱ δέκα ῥ. the Ten Attic Orators, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 29)]; ὁ ῥ. 'par excellence' = Demosthenes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ εὑρέσεως” 4.1, +others)]
2 one who gives sentence, judge, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1090.)]
3 advocate, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (POxy. 37.4 (1st c.AD), etc.)]
4 later, teacher of eloquence, rhetorician, [Refs (“OGI” 712 (from Egypt), etc.)]
II as adjective, ῥ. λόγος oratory, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 2.1386.7.)]
also ἡ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 945 (compare “Th.” 292))]: (ἐρῶ):— public speaker, μύθων ῥήτορες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 124 (_anapaest meter_), compare “fragment” 597.4, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.129, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 149b25, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.272S., 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.131a, etc.)]; especially at Athens, οἱ ῥήτορες the public speakers in the ἐκκλησία, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 38, 680, “Eq.” 60, 358, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.1, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.22, etc.; _sing._ probably in “IG” 12.45.21)]; οἱ δέκα ῥ. the Ten Attic Orators, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 29)]; ὁ ῥ. 'par excellence' = Demosthenes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ εὑρέσεως” 4.1, +others)]
2 one who gives sentence, judge, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1090.)]
3 advocate, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (POxy. 37.4 (1st c.AD), etc.)]
4 later, teacher of eloquence, rhetorician, [Refs (“OGI” 712 (from Egypt), etc.)]
II as adjective, ῥ. λόγος oratory, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 2.1386.7.)]